Heartbeat

[ladyhm]

I've curently got a very bad cold/flu. Am finding my resting heartbeat is in the 90's. Does anyone else have this when they are poorly?

[TheAuthor]

Hi ladyhm

I am so genuinely sorry to read this my friend and I have pasted you an excerpt from the *MDHealth website about this issue:

*Does Your Heart Beat Faster When You Are Sick?

The heart functions differently when the body feels stressed or when the body is fighting an infection in order to help the body fight the stress and infection. To help out, the heart accelerates the rate at which it beats so as to facilitate the circulation of oxygen and immune cells which are needed to initiate the healing process. Bacteria or infection that causes a disease and is accompanied with fever often causes the heart rate to rise.

However, it’s not just bugs and bacteria which get such a response from the heart. Emotional troubles like anxiety or depression can also cause elevated heart rate. It’s important to keep a check on your heart rate by ensuring that your blood pressure is checked every now and then. If you find your blood pressure and heart rate elevated most of the times then you should immediately book an appointment with a doctor.

This is especially important if you find your heart rate elevated even without any obvious cause. Elevated heart rate when sick is understandable but elevated heart rate while you are resting is a worrying sign. To put it simply, if you find your heart rate over 85 while you are resting and can’t find any logical or obvious explanation for it then you should contact your doctor right away. There are a number of cases of tachycardia in which the heart rate soars to more than 200 beats every minute and brings symptoms like dizziness and shortness of breath.

If your heart rate continues to rise or does not slow down any I truly think it is very important that you contact your doctor as soon as possible just to remove other medical conditions from the equation. I want to sincerely wish you all the best of luck my friend, and please take care of yourself.

All my hopes and dreams for you

Ken

[ladyhm in reply to TheAuthor]

Thank you Ken. I took myself to a and e they said it was caused by the infection ie the flu. We're not too worried said it should disappear when the flu clears up. Thanks for your advice. X

[Hidden in reply to ladyhm]

Hope you feel better soon. My heart rate went up to 126 when I was poorly recently but I have been diagnosed with tachycardia. It's scary x

[TheAuthor in reply to ladyhm]

Please take care of yourself my friend x